 MS claims Linux violates 235 patents |
| MS claims Linux violates 235 patents |
 May 14 2007, 03:25 PM
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http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/for...33867/index.htm?
could be a huge cluster for either side. will be interesting to see what happens. |
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May 14 2007, 03:54 PM
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I bet I know one of the infringed patents: the sudo command, haha.
I remember reading an article a month or two ago about Microsoft patenting the sudo command, which has been available in *nix operating systems for decades. I wonder how many of their "patent infringements" are patents like the above, where prior art has obviously existed for decades. Most court cases concerning software patents are thrown out due to prior art or what they call "concurrent development". It's very hard to win a patent infringement case when it involves software. Also, I forgot to mention that contributors to Linux and open source live all around the globe in a variety of countries. If Microsoft wins then development would simply take place in countries where patent laws are lax. It will be interesting to see how bad Microsoft fails. |
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impala454 MS claims Linux violates 235 patents May 14 2007, 03:25 PM
impala454 I think the free software people argument that ... May 14 2007, 03:38 PM Overlord Microsoft has been saying for years that Linux and... May 14 2007, 03:41 PM impala454 yeah there's nothing specific listed, but they... May 14 2007, 03:47 PM zetec yeah i saw this too, and the sudo patent. I honest... May 14 2007, 04:18 PM impala454 well there's lots of similiar cases out there,... May 14 2007, 04:29 PM zetec just for the record, the mozilla foundation made s... May 14 2007, 04:50 PM Overlord Mozilla makes 55+ million a year off of firefox, a... May 14 2007, 04:52 PM
impala454 QUOTE (Overlord @ May 14 2007, 05:52 PM) ... May 15 2007, 07:59 AM chook Microsoft would get sued back hard if they tried t... May 14 2007, 08:35 PM zetec http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6670466370.html
... May 14 2007, 11:20 PM impala454 there's a part of the article I posted talking... May 15 2007, 07:50 AM FORSAKENR320 NSFW: http://www.jackgregory.com/images/Miss%20Pig... May 15 2007, 08:13 AM Overlord Microsoft just announced they won't be suing L... May 15 2007, 08:51 AM zetec QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ May 15 2007, 09:13 ... May 16 2007, 01:14 AM |
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